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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.

From our regular correspondent.
WASHINGTON, September %, 1887.
AS an echo of the Constitutional
Centennial, 1 may with propriety
refer to the widely circulated news
paper report of the snub admins
tered by Mrs. Cleveland to the fe-
rocious Foraker, of Ohio, at her re-
ception, or rather the Presidents
of the several Governors. That
the first lady of the. land did give
the Ohio Governor a good snub-
bling there seems to be little reason
to doubt, and beyond question he
deserved such cool treatment for
his coarse insults heaped upon the
President. And, besides, Mrs.
Cleveland only followed her hus-
bands example, for President
Cleveland himself snubbed Foraker
by emitting to acknowledge that
officials recent invitation to visit
the Ohio Capital during his pro.
jected Western tour. And this re,
minds me of the fact that Hon
Thos. E. Powell, the Democratic
candidate for Governor of Ohio
met with a kindly reception during
his visit to the Capital this week
and gave most encouraging re
port of the political outlook in hi.
State, from a Democratic stand
point
One day this week the Presidenr
and Secretary Bayard were in {
close and lengthy consultation, anG
it is surmised that some important
matter of State probably the dis
puted Canadian fisheries question
was under consideration, or it may
have been in reference to the va
cancy in the office of the First AS
sistant Secretary But, howeve,
it may be, it is believed the conse
quence will be of great Importance
as something of the kind is genel
ally the outcome of such a meeting
So. far this month, the Govern.
ment receipts have exceeded the
disbursements more than fifteen and
u quarter million dollars, but a de.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
Governor RIacI.burzl..

When DIR. Luke Blackburn, who
died recently, was elected Governor
of Kentucky in 1879 he was consid-
cred good-natured, theoretical
old fellow, who would let things go
along in their accustomed grooves
and make no changes worth men
tioning. He had scarcely been two
weeks in Office when early one
morning he walked into the State
Penitentiary at Frankfort, strolled
through the corridors, looked into
the cells, visited the workshops, and
stood in the centre of the prison as
the convicts marched past to their
days tasks. There were nearly
| 500 of them, and there was room
in that prison for not more than
400. He appealed to the Legisla-
ture. but nothing was done. Then
the old gentlemen went to work.
He drove down to the prison one
day and carried with him stack
of blank pardons. Before night
every prisoner who was under
eighteen, and against whom no
very urgent reasons could be brougt,
was outside the walls free man by
virtue of the Governors authority.
There were nearly a hundred of
them, and no such wholesale par
aoning had ever been heard of be-
fore. The State was in an uproar.
The press with one accord Joined
in the cry against the Governors
action. But he kept right on
Wherever a possible case for the
exercise of executive clemency was
presented to him he issued pardon
at once, and he continued to use his
power with such amazing energy
that at last the Legislature, fright
ened into submission, granted the
money for new penitentiary.-
Before he quilted office he had rev
olutionized the prison system of the
State, and he left behind him the
reputation of being one of the best
Governors that ever ruled Ken
lucky.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
MURDERERs EsOAPE.
Three wayne County Grimm.
ais Rreak Ont nf Lail.

Wednesday night last, as Turn
key Ferguson, at the Wayne coun-
ty Jail, went to lock up the prison
ers, three brothers named Bren-
ners, under Indictment for murder,
attacked him. The first one knock
ed him down. When he attempted
to get up he was felled with a bed
slat by the second. This stunned
him so that before he recovered the
Brenners, Wilburn Rose and Dick
Dickerson made their escape. Re-
covering consciousness, Ferguson
started after them and firing, struck
Dickerson in the back, badly
wounding him. He was taken
back to Jail, but the other four es-
capped At once Sheriff Bowman
and a posse of forty men started in
hot persuit, but the fugitives man
aged to eyade them and made good
their escape.
Last night the posse returned,
having ridden a 100 miles. To-day
a man from Kentucky said one OF
them was seen the next morning
at farm house 25 miles from the
Wayne county Jail. A reward OF
$3.50 each has been offered for their
capture.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
TERRIBLE ACCIDDNT.
Mrs. Catherine Roush Instant.
IL Killed by a X. & o. Train
near Cheshire.
Middleport Herald.

Middleport Herald
Word reached here Wednesday
morning that an old lady had been
run over by the X. & o., train near
Cheshire, but nothing authentic
could be found and some thought it
canard Our reporter started out
Immediately to get the particulars
but could find out nothing. After
a journey all over town he concInd-
ed to telephone to Cheshire, calling
mp Mr.. ]. e. Fargo, to whom we are
indebted for the following particu-
lars:
Wednesday morning about nine
o'clock as K. & o., train consisting
of an engine, baggage car and sew
eral empty passenger cars was GO
ing south when near Cheshire and
running at a good rate of speed an
old lady whose name was Mrs.
Catherine Roush, attempted to cross
the track just ahead of the train,
and before the engineer could ap7
ply the air breaks, and stop, the
engine struck and instantly killed
Mrs. Roush. The train was stop
ped as soon as possible but the en-
CINE and several cars had passed
over the old lady before it was
checked, and the mangled remains
were lifted from beneath one of the
coaches almost an unacceptable
mass. Mrs. Roush was widow,
and aged about ga years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
Revision That win Revise DE.
manded.
New York World.

NSM 1OIh hOIIu'
The average duty at the maxi
mum of war taxation was 4S per cent.
Last year it was nearly 46 per cent.
The revenue from duties in the year
of highest war taxation was Sl79,-
600, 600. The collections last year
amounted to SILT 600 ,OOO-an act
ual increase of S3S,O0O,OOO, and
this while the treasury is embar-
raised and the people oppressed by
an annual surplus of over 100000
900. The tariff schedule still con-
tains over, 1000 articles subject TO
duty. And the inequalities are so
obvious and SO great that the last
Republican National Convention
pledged itself to correct them-a
pledge which it observed by voting
solidly, in two congresses, against
even consideration of the subject.
Is not this complete demonstration
of chow not to do it?'. Shall not
the friends of monopolies stand
aside and give the friends of the
people chance to make in the tax
laws a revision that will revise and
a reduction that will reduce?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
virginia Politics.
Independent.


In Virginia the two parties being
together on the question, the con-
test now going on there seems to
be narrowed down to a race be-
tween Hon. John S. Barbour and
Billy Malone for seat in the Unit
ed States Senate. But even this
presents an issue we'll worthy OF
the best efforts of the Virginia
Democracy. Mr.. Barbour is a man
for whom, and Billy Malone is a
man against whom, every true
Democrat in the Old Common
wealth will take off his coat and
roll up his sleeves. Under the
skillfnl leadership of John S. Bar
bour the Democrats of Virginia
have won repeated victories, and
his name at the head of the State
Executive Committee seems to
give assurance of success in the
pending contest. We hope his
triumph may be complete, and that
a seat in the Senate may be the
reward of his labors. Both parties
have tired of Malone and his meth.
DDS, and if, in the coming election
he and his hopes shall be crushed
forever, there will be many to re.
joice in, and but few to regret, the
fact.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
Commissioner Miller Mt Wash.

Commissioner Miller, at Wash
ington, means to investigate the
beer sold there. Probably the
Prohibitionists will find i'll the re-
suits he expects to reach, founda-
ton for TRADE against the Gam
brinian beverage. But as n matter
of fact, the Investigation is bound
to be good thing, whatever it de-
velopes IF the beer is shown to be
good, the public will be able to con-
graduate itself that it has good
thing; if it is found bad, there is hope
that the defect will be remedied;
so that in either case the public
will be the gamer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

A French inventor has construct
ed rival to the Peacemaker and
Lieut.. Ralinski's famous sub-ma.
rine Nautilus. The motive power
of electricity. With all the improv-
ed implements of destruction that
are daily being constructed, the
game of war will become so danger
Gus that few will wish to play at it.
Nations will be unable to bring
their men into the field to face Ger.
tain humiliation. If science can
bring warfare to this degree of de-
structiveness it may finally solve
the great question of peace and war
shat eosmopolftans are worrying
over.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

duction must be made on the bondI
purchased, which do not appear ii
the statement until the end of tn,
month.
The abstract of the Controller o
the Currency ON the condition o
three thousand national banks o
the country at the close of bushes
on August 1, last, makes an excel
lent showing for that corporation
and is satisfactory to the Govern
ment, if there has been no misrep
resentation of facts for fraudalcn
purposes.
hear that the Republican Senat,
will oppose the confirmation of sew.
eral of the Presidents recess ap.
pointments, notably those of United
States Judge Allen for the Southern
Districtof Illinois, and Montgomery
of Michigan, for Supreme Judge Of
the District of Columbia. The
chief objection against the latter is
certain damaging allegations con-
corning his course as Commissioners
of Patents-to say nothing of some
obstacles of a more personal nature.
Some old war charges-which are
probably groundless-have been
raked up against Judge Allen,
which when sifted, will, 1 think,
hardly be worthy of serious consid-
Grafton.
Senator Voorhees, expresses him
self very emphatically concerning
the seating of his colleague, Senator
or elect Turpie, whom the Republi-
cans have threatened not to admit
as Senator, on alleged irregular
tiles of his election. The tall Syca-
more has a very simple plan to
thwart any such scheme upon the
part of the Republicans; he says
that if they refuse to seat Turpie,
that he, Voorhees,, will object to the
seating of every Republican Sena-
tor elect, and there are several OF
them.
The Republicans of the House
will make fight to unseat Elliott,
of S. c., and thus retain the ser
vices of Small, the last colored
member of that body. If the for
mer is not unseated, then for the
first time since the reconstruction
period, Our Brother in Black will
disappear from the popular branch
of Congress. In the last House
there were two SmalIs, of S. c., and
O'Hara of N. G. The latter was
also defeated.
To relieve the stringency in the
money market. and avert possible
panic, the Treasury Department
has made an offer to purchase four
teen and a half millions of four and
four and a half per cent bonds, at
certain fixed prices, within limited
dates. Money is SO tight that the
Treasury felt it to be it's duty to
to relieve the commercial world in
the manner stated.
President Cleveland has formu-
lated a programme of his Western
and Southern tour; he leaves on
the Both inst, going as far West as
Omaha, and as far South as Mont
gomery returning here on Oct. %.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Yves Virginia to-day will exceed
any other State in the Union for
grazing purposes, and will yield al
most as much wheat and corn as
any State in the West, although its
uneven surface make it harder to
cultivate. In addition to our soil
we have the finest coal fields of any
like area in the world. 1t is the
contemplate idleness of our people
that prevents us from taking front
seat.-Fdirmont Inder.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
Sensibly PM.

Inc fafkerSOurg Sentinel, OF Sat
urday, editorially says: "The Wayne
Neacs is provoked to declaration
of war in case Col. Chew should be
nominated for Governor. This is
an early period to undertake to de.
clare for future action. 1t will be
time enough to cross the bridge when
the party comes to it. Col Chew
is not understood to be a candidate
for the office, but if he wants to be he
has a right to contest for the nomi-
nation, and if he secures it the first
duty of the party is to rally to the
support of the nominee. Personal
preferences must be sunk in the in
terest of party success. The narrow
margin of the last State election is
not deep enough, nor broad enough
to encourage internal contentious
with much certainty of party sue
cess.
at would be a great shame to
have National success meet with a
State defeat. The Democracy of
the country is in to stay, and West
Virginia should be right in line with
Indiana, New York, New Jersey.
and the other Democratic states.
and hold fast to that party whose
rule is best for the general good of
the State. The Democratic major
ity in this State can be depended on
as reliable against the Republicans,
but it can not be depended on if
there is to be clashing inside the
party, and if one clan or another is
to apply the knife to those whose
record is not up to their particular
standard. Instead of criticising
Col. Chew and those who were with
him in the late unpleasantness it is
better to nominate some other per-
son. Nominate some one whose
record is satisfactory not only to
the malcontents, but also to the
party at large, and whose candidacy
will bring out the party as one man
There are hundreds of such men
in the State, and during the recent
past the Sentinel has suggested
some of them. Col. Harris of
Green brIer, is one whose accom-
plishments would recommend him
to every element as a thoroughly
equipped candidate for the position.
Judge Fleming is another who
would command the support of the
entire party, but can the party af-
ford to make such a sacrifice? be-
cause he would undoubtedly be
succeeded by Republican. From
other parts of the State there comes
occasionally the suggestion of a
candidate, any of whom would in
our opinion make an excellent Elk
ecutive.
"But whoever the candidate may
be he must have the support of the
party to be elected, and the party
should stand ready to support the
nominee. No other line of party
action can be depended on as as
surfing party success, and that is
the first and greatest thing to be
considered. We do not urge the
selection of any particular one, but
we urge upon all Democrats the
necessity of united harmonious act
ion to secure party success"
at was the great October victory
in West Virginia in 1884, that de-
termined the election of Grover
Cleveland and assured a National
Democratic victory for the first
time in twenty four years =
Let our State remain true to the
record then made, and let all Dem
ocrats rally to the united support
of the Democratic candidates"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

While at work in granary We'd
nesday, Austin Coney, son OF
George Coney, who resides on the
Kanawha river, near ST. Adams,
was seriously injured by a crib
falling on him. One of his shoulders
was dislocated, his thigh broken, and
he was mashed and bruised all over
the whole body.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

There is proposition toput some
roads together that will make the
time between Boston and New
York in four hours. There are to
be no wooden bridges, heavy curry
es or crossings.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The Republican party of New
York wish to elect Fred Grant Sec
rotary of that Commonwealth as a
sort of monument to the memory of
the "great commander" The Re-
publican party does not seem dis
posed to erect any other sort of
monument save the one spoken of.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

There are some few people in this
town that have no more respect for
the law of our land than the ID has
for holy water. We propose to
show some of them up if they don't
look a little out.-Tucker Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The frantic endeavors of opposi-
ton papers to keep up old Demo-
cratic quarrels before the public is
the best evidence that the Demo
Gratis are solidifying for next years
campaign.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

They struck a natural gas well up
about Charleston a few days ago,
and now all the newspaper men in
that city have gone crazy over the
event; one would think SO by read
ing the papers printed there.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Candidates for nominations in
both political parties, for the county
offices to be voted for in 1888, are
beginning to show up quite lively.
If it keeps on there will be more
candidates than voters.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The engineers of the w. Va. G.
& P. R. R. have been ordered to
make preliminary survey from
the mouth of Little Black Fork to
the Gauley river
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The anarchists have to hang No
vember 18th. Why did they put it
off so long2 Why should such men
be allowed to live a day after con-
vietiOn of their terrible crimes?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
POINT PLEASANT. WEST VIRGINIA

Amt Gen. Golf and Col. Mclean
badly fooled, when they talk of this
State going Republican in 1888? We
think so.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Whom you see man look at his
watch and put it back into his pocket,
ask him the time, and in nine cases
out of ten he cannot tell you until
he has looked at it again.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Lincoln and Grant are being
doomed as a Presidential ticket next
year. The names are the ticket,
the men are not considered.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Isaac R. Burns, of Kanawha dis
trict, Braxton county, while work
ing in new well last Thursday,
fell about eighteen feet, killing him
instantly. He had started out of the
well and when within a few feet of
the top lost his hold and fell. His
neck was broken.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The three candidates for the Gov
ernOrship of ohio-Messrs. Foraker,
Powell and Sharpe, Republican,
Democrat and Prohibitionist re-
spectiveIy-are all MethOdists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Jim Mason, of the Charlestown
Democrat, every week or so an
nounces that he is ga gentleman. -
If he is, but few know it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The campaign in Ohio is being
fought for all it is worth-with the
chances strongly in favor of the
Democrats carrying the State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The corn crop of the South, ac-
cording to the Baltimore trade pa
per, will exceed that of 1887 by over
$4,000, 900 bushels. The South will
this year, it is said. be nearly self
supporting in the matter of corn,
and many millions of dollars that
have heretofore gone West for corn
will be saved to Southern farmers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

What if Mrs. Cleveland did snub
Foraker in Philadelphia Is the
wife of the President bound to go
out of her way to show respect to a
blatherskite because he happens to
be Governor of Ohio2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

It is said that Mclean, editor of
the Cincinnati Enquirer. now re-
CARDS as folly any attempt to pre-
vent the nomination and election of
President Cleveland. 1t seems a
little strange that it should take a
wise man so long to grasp truth
that has long been in possession of
ordinary mortals.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The prisoners at Phillippi attsmp-
ted to break Jail. They improvised
n saw out of an old case-knife and
succeeded in cutting through three
bars before they were discovered.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The RAIDS are trembling in their
boots, because their hold in this
county will break in 1888. They
can't see how it is possible to beat
the Democrats next year, if the
party is well organized and united.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

A premature blast fatally wounded
an unknown man at Hendricks,
Tucker county, few days ago.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

J. A. Stewart, Wichita, Kansas,
drug clerk, plead guilty to an in
dictment for selling liquor, contain
ing 1850 counts. and was sentenced
to pay a fine of s2O,sOO and lie in
the county Jail II years and 4
months. The sentence imposes a
fine of 500 and ten months impris-
onment in each count. That kind
of prohibition will eventually pro-
hibit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Foraker said at Wheeling. AT shall
visit the South and take my mouth
with me-" whereupon the Brown
County Democrat remarks, "What's
the use in a man taking with him
all he has when he goes on trip
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Horse thieves are at work in
Monroe county. ]. ]. Black is the
latest victim of the lawbreakers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

The Charleston City Council has
resolved to appropriate fund to be
used in booming the town.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Pusli.hea Every wednesday nornIne.s y
aHo. W. TzRPHET. Hditor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Senator Sherman advises the far
mers of this country to turn their
attention to the cultivation of the
beet-root for sugar making. 1t is
largely and successfully heeling
Inteuigeneer.
We venture the assertion that
Senator Sherman knows more about
raping a State of its electoral vote
and counting IN a President who
was never elected than he does
about ..beet-root' for sugar.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28
WORKING GLASSES ATTENTIoN !

~ SAsh1AtO OAIAOAo4IO We are now pre-
pared TO furnish Al classes with employment AZ
nome thS wose OF the trae, for their spare mo-
OF either sex easily earn from so to $500 per
evening, and proportional sum by devoting all
nearly as much as men That all who see this may
send their address, and the business we make
this offer 70 such as well satisfied We will
send one dollar to pay for the trouble Of Erting-
uii particulars and outfit free. Address GEoRcs
STrSsos & Co. Portland. Maine
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1887-09-28

Democrats always know where to
find the REGISTER, in a campaign.
1t is always true to its friends, and
never kicks after the convention
names its candidates; and it pains
US when we hear anyone criticising
the paper, because it does not pub
fish the mean things that other peo-
pie write. AS long as we own and
control this paper, we will determine
the matter that goes into its columns.